Tex­ting teacher wor­ries grandma

DEAR ABBY: My sixth-grade grand­son is in a 2 1/2-hour so­cial stud­ies class. He told me that, dur­ing that time, the teacher texts at least six times. I think this de­prives the stu­dents of valu­able in­struc­tional time. I won­der when this con­cern will be ex­pressed by other par­ents and dis­cussed in your col­umn. — TIME TO LEARN IN TEXAS

DEAR TIME TO LEARN: Has your daugh­ter dis­cussed this with par­ents of other stu­dents? She should, be­cause they may not be aware of what the teacher is do­ing. If they find it as con­cern­ing as you and your daugh­ter do, they should ap­proach the prin­ci­pal as a group.